Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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subordinate

UK /səˈbɔːdɪnət/ · US /səˈbɔɹdɪnət/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms subordinates subordinating subordinated

  1. adjective Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
  2. adjective Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
  3. adjective (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause “In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.”
  4. adjective Descending in a regular series.
  5. noun (countable) One who is subordinate.
  6. noun A hyponym.
  7. verb (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
  8. verb (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
  9. verb (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.

Synonyms

lesser subaltern petty dependent inferior junior report underling understrapper belittle denigrate subsidiary foot soldier hyponym subordinate word subdue low-level

Antonyms

superior superordinate insubordinate independent main boss commander leader manager supervisor hypernym hyperonym dominant

Etymology

From Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin subōrdinātus, past participle of subōrdināre, from sub- + ōrdināre (“to order”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
  2. adjective Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
  3. noun One who stands in order or rank below another; --distinguished from a principal. Milton.
  4. verb To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.

Etymology [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p.p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See Ordain.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “subordinate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “subordinate” (best matches first).

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